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  2022-12-19--Vaccination Requirement!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  2022-12-19--vaccination requirement.. .

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  https://postimg.cc/xxvbcwdv .

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  What does 'full vaccination' even mean these days? There's a push for at least the fourth round of injections.
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  Am I being unreasonable in this ?

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. family

  hi friend`s ,i have my son and dil living with us ,which has been ok,overall ,quite a few years now ,however ,a few months ago they decided they wanted a dog ok ?

  we had one a toy poodle for about 16-17 years and i just loved her as did my wife.. a few months ago my son wanted a dog and got a french bulldog as a pup ,which was ok by us .. however to cut a long story short, yesterday i was out in the back yard and the dog lunged at me and started attacking me in such a way as i can only describe as being frenetic in his attack ,in trying to ward off his attack and getting away from him i fell over and i believe if my son hadn`t finlly restrained him he would have mauled me .

  i am 83 years old and my wife has just turned 80. and i dont want that to happen to her .. i don`t know the dog is what 4-5-6 months old i`m not sure , and been living with us all this time ,however i`m going to tell them to get that dog out of my house by the week and and a half or i will one way or another .. i am not going to tolerate that in my household and if he don`t like it he can go also .. i`m not being unreasonable am i ?

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  What? You shouldn't need to ask if you are being unreasonable. You're son should have taken steps straight away to keep you safe in your own home.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  He's getting much more than most ex JW Youtubers for less output and still wants more.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

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  If you're Lloyd, you threaten to sue them.
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  Call The Police and Press Charges.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  it strikes me as a double standard - if someone in the congregation is known by the elders to be a child abuser they wouldn't call the police and "bring reproach on jehovah" as numerous reports have shown.. however, if someone disturbs a congregation meeting the elders are instructed by the org to call the police and tell the police that they want to press charges against the individual.. you couldn't make this stuff up!.

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  In their instructions on how to deal with the person causing a disturbance, nowhere does it mention to establish whether the individual is a current JW, in which case they would be guilty of taking their brother to court. And they are the ones making the accusations.
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  Tony & JW made it to Norweigian media - even a pic of "dat broadcast"

  by Festus in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  well well am3 made it to norweigian media with hsi rant about religouse persecution.. hereis the link.. share your thoughts.. ble nektet statstøtte: jehovas vitner vurderer juridiske skritt – vårt land (vl.no) .

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  They must be panicking about not being registered as a religion. It will be even easier to identify them as a cult.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  I didn't realise there were so many people working behind the scenes KimSilvio.

  Didn't these helpers find it odd that he wasn't giving them any credit?
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  Anthony Morris responds to Norway's denial of financial aid

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  2. scandals

  https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/jehovas-vitner-nektes-statsstoette.5z-pnao3e?utm_source=share-btn.

  08:20 27.1.kristoffer solberg.

  jehovah's witnesses denied state aid.

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  Thanks for the link avoidjw It's very comprehensive and clearly lays out a timeline.

  The Watchtower has responded in all instances very promptly, that's commendable.
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  Anthony Morris responds to Norway's denial of financial aid

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/jehovas-vitner-nektes-statsstoette.5z-pnao3e?utm_source=share-btn.

  08:20 27.1.kristoffer solberg.

  jehovah's witnesses denied state aid.

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  The Watchtower may wish that they never chose to humbly accept the decision from the Norway Government.

  This is some highlights from the International Religious Freedom Report for 2021

  United States Department of State • Office of International Religious Freedom
  

  Faith and life stance organizations must provide annual reports detailing activities, opportunities for children and youth, the use of the state subsidies, marital law administration, and gender equality, as well as any funds received from abroad.

  With so many other problems that the Watchtower causes, gender equality may not be an issue that has been brought to the attention of the Government at this stage.

  If a religious group does not register, it does not receive financial support from the government,

  It's so simple, just like charity status of the Watchtower in Australia. They don't need to register but they choose to do so because it is financially advantageous.

  Public schools include a mandatory course on Christian Knowledge and Religious and Ethical Information (CKREE) for grades one through 10. State-employed instructors teach the CKREE course, which covers world religions and philosophies and promotes tolerance and respect for all religious beliefs, as well as for atheism. Students may not opt out of this course

  I thought JWs would have a problem with this but JW org indicates that this is now okay, this type of religious education is perfectly okay for the minds of young JWs. Their publication -Class Instruction - School and Jehovah's Witnesses distinguishes this education as

  On the other hand, if there is simply an objective classroom study of various religions or of the Bible, Jehovah’s Witnesses have no objection. So if a school arranges talks by representatives of various religions, not to proselytize, but simply to inform the students about those religions, Witness students will respectfully listen. Similarly, when invited, Jehovah’s Witnesses are pleased to give talks to school groups, explaining their religious beliefs.

  Although in Norway it includes instruction on philosophies and the Watchtower has been against learning about human philosophies in the past

  W87 2/1

  Beware of Worldly Philosophies
  Curiosity can harm us, too, if it leads us to investigate worldly philosophies.

  The Watchtower must feel it is perfectly okay for JW children to be taught these.

  A hate crime law punishes some expressions of disrespect for religious believers, which includes those meant to threaten or mock someone, or promote hate, persecution, or contempt.

  This works both ways and the Watchtower is very guilty of some of these.

  According to the law, an animal must be stunned or administered anesthetics before slaughter, making most traditional kosher and halal slaughter practices illegal. Halal and kosher meat may be imported.

  I wonder whether JWs happily purchase Norwegian meat?

  The Jehovah’s Witnesses filed an application for annual state support, having received funding in past years, but by year’s end the County Governor of Oslo and Viken, responsible for reviewing the application, did not announce a determination on the application. The practices of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ were also the subject NORWAY 8 International Religious Freedom Report for 2021 United States Department of State • Office of International Religious Freedom of a high profile legal case in which a former member was not permitted to have contact with her children who remained members of the religious community. The national Court of Appeal ruled that the former member did have the right to have contact with her children. At year’s end, the case was pending before the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear an appeal.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  Good pick up as a business man Jeff T. It has the same meaning here in Australia.

  That's exactly what he is doing, just churning the video's out and he well knows it. He seems to have no personal pride in the quality of his work.